. Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies. COMPARATIVE MAGNITUDES OF THE MERCURY 5. URANUS. 7 MARS 6 NEPTUNE; * VENUS. 7. SATURN. 4 CAR In. 3, JUPITER. THE - \ ELEMENTS OF Q> THEORETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY, gov tfte m of Colleges! mul ^m&mntk BY CHARLES J. WHITE, , FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN HARVARD COLLEGE. SEVENTH EDITION, REVISED* TOTAL ISSUE FIVE THOUSAND NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, : CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited Copyright, 1869, 1901, BY •CHARLES J. WHITE. PRESS OFBRAUNWORTH & MANUFACTURERSBRO
. Elements of theoretical and descriptive astronomy, for the use of colleges and academies. COMPARATIVE MAGNITUDES OF THE MERCURY 5. URANUS. 7 MARS 6 NEPTUNE; * VENUS. 7. SATURN. 4 CAR In. 3, JUPITER. THE - \ ELEMENTS OF Q> THEORETICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ASTRONOMY, gov tfte m of Colleges! mul ^m&mntk BY CHARLES J. WHITE, , FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS IN HARVARD COLLEGE. SEVENTH EDITION, REVISED* TOTAL ISSUE FIVE THOUSAND NEW YORK JOHN WILEY & SONS, : CHAPMAN & HALL, Limited Copyright, 1869, 1901, BY •CHARLES J. WHITE. PRESS OFBRAUNWORTH & MANUFACTURERSBROOKLYN, N. Y. PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION. fTIHE first edition of this work was published in 1869, to-1- meet the requirements of the students of the UnitedStates Naval Academy. In preparing it, I endeavored topresent the main facts and principles of Astronomy in aform adapted to the elementary course of instruction in thatscience which is commonly given at colleges and the highergrades of academies. I selected those topics which seemedto me to be the most important anelementsoftheore00whit_0
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